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What is a large landmass that is part of the earths crust?
continents
Does the earths crust extend deeper below the continents or below the ocean basins?
Earths crust extend deeper below the continents than below the oceans basins (or at least this is what I think).
What is the thickness of the crust at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
the earths crust is 25 miles beneath the continents and 6.5 miles beneath the ocean
What layer are the plates sliding on?
The worlds tectonic plates slide on the earths mantle.
Continents and the ocean floor are part of earths solid rocky surface called?
crust
If continents bash in together can it become an earthquake?
When any continents bash in together, there is most likely to be an earthquake. When Earths crust bash against each other, there is an earthquake which sometimes causes sunamis. If that happens to Earth's crust, why not to continents?
What is a break in the earths crust along which blocks of cross slide related to one another?
It is a fault.
Why do seismic waves speed up beneath the surface of continents?
Because earths crust is denser than the mantle
What is the name of the large landmasses called that is part of the Earths crust?
The large landmasses on Earth's crust are called continents. These are the major divisions of land on our planet.
What layer are the continents sliding down?
The continents are located on Continental plates, which "float" and "slide" along the Asthenosphere, which is the "gooey" upper mantle and lower part of the crust.
What layer are the continents sliding on?
The continents are sliding on the asthenosphere, which is a partially molten layer beneath the Earth's lithosphere. This movement is due to the slow convection currents in the asthenosphere causing the tectonic plates to move over time.
What word means a Break in earths crust where rocks can slide past each other?
A fault is a break in the Earth's crust where rocks can slide past each other due to tectonic forces.
